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The QC, Vol. 78, No. 04 • September 26, 1991

1991_09_26_p001

QUAKERCAMPUS
Volume LXXVIII. Number 4 September 26.1991
Volume LXXVIII, Number 4
September 26,1991
INSIDE THE *
QUAKER CAMPUS
NEWS
LAW SCHOOLS
The application pool and
enrollment at the Whittier
College Law School have
increased for the current
year. Page 6.
KECK LABORATORY
An inside look at plans
surrounding the new Image
Processing Lab. Page 5.
EDITORIAL
OP-EDS ON P.C.
Mike Machado and
Anthony Navarrette offer
opposing views on Political
Correctness. Page 3.
FEATURES
BULIMIA
Features editor Jonelle
Ruyle talks about bulimia
and the effect that it has
had on her life in "Another
Set of Ruyles." Page 10.
LIFE IN HELL
Matt Groening's popular
cartoon strip, "Life in Hell"
makes its QC debut with
"Hell for Beginners." Page
11.
ARTS & ENT,
METALLICA
Hard-core rock group
Metallica's new self-titled
albumisreviewed. Page 13.
SPORTS
POMONA UPSET, 1-0
The Whittier College
women's soccer team upset
the three-time defending
SCIAC champion Pomona-
Pitzer Lady Sagehens 1-0.
Page 16.
INDEX
News 1,4-7
Editorial 2-3
Features 8-11
Classifieds 9
Arts & Ent. 12-13
Sports 14-16
Whittier Ranks Seventh In Annual
US News And World Report Magazine
By Josh du Lac
Editor-in-Chief
One year after Whittier
College was dropped from US
News and World Report's
"America's Best Colleges"
rankings, the school has
returned to the list as the
seventh-best regional college or
university in the West.
The ranking marks the
fourth time in the five-year
history ofthe annual report that
Whittier has been included in
the list.
In 1987, Whittier was
ranked third in the now obsolete
category of small
comprehensive colleges, and in
1988, the College was number
four in that category.
In 1989, the annual report
changed its format and Whittier
received the same ranking
(seventh-best regional college
or university in the West) that
it got this year.
"It's nice to be back in, and
it's certainly deserved
recognition," College President
James Ash said ofthe ranking.
"It's certainly nice to be talked
about favorably by the media.
"(However), most (college)
presidents and academic
administrators... don't view the
survey as reflecting a whole lot
about academic quality," he
continued.
Sandra Sarr, Director of
Public Relations, said, "The
survey is a hotly debated item
across the nation in colleges. If
you're on, it seems to have some
level of importance, and if you're
off, it doesn't.
"It does have its benefits.
It's national publicity...(and) a
source of institutional pride for
students," Sarr added.
In making the report, US
News divides schools into five
main categories using standard
guidelines established by the
Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching.
The categories are: national
universities, national liberal arts
colleges, regional colleges and
universities, regional liberal arts
colleges, and specialized
institutions.
According to US News,
national universities "offer a
wide range of programs, give
high priority to research and
award many doctoral degrees,"
while both national and regional
liberal arts colleges "award more
than half of their degrees in the
liberal arts."
Because Whittier does not
fit within the guidelines of
national universities or liberal
arts colleges, the school was put
in the regional colleges and
universities category.
"They've changed the
categories...andranking criteria
Forum Addresses
Student Concerns
By Julie Amiton
News Editor
In response to student
reactions regarding the Alcohol
Policy, a forum was held
yesterday afternoon between
students and administrators.
Alvin Henderson,
President of the Board of
Governors (BOG), said, "This
policy goes beyond the law and
starts dictaing standards—
standards a community should
set."
Over 60 students attended
the forum, which was sponsored
by BOG in order to field any
concerns, according to Robert
Yowell, BOG Student Advocate.
Steve Gothold, Dean of
College Life; Ed Malone, Chief
of Campus Safety; Dave
Leonard, Director ofResidential
Life; and Ken Kelly, Director of
Please see FORUM on page 4.
every year," Ash said. "Part of
our problem is that we are a
liberal arts college with a law
school. I think if s great that
even though they don't have a
category for us, we keep popping
up."
Sarr added, "The criteria
changes every year...(but) the
survey is getting a little bit more
comprehensive (which) lends
more credibility than in previous
years."
US News defines regional
colleges and universities as
institutions that "generally
award more than half their
bachelor's degrees in twoor more
professions."
The broad category, which
covers 558 schools, is split up
into the North, South, Midwest,
and West regions.
According to last year's
report, there are 112 schools in
the West region.
For the third consecutive
year, Trinity (Texas) received
the top ranking in the West.
Santa Clara University was
ranked second, followed by the
University of San Diego, Loyola
Marymount, the University of
Puget Sound (Wash.), St. Mary's
College of California and
Whittier.
Following Whittier were
Pacific Lutheran University
(Wash.), the University of
Redlands, Seattle University,
the University of Alaska at
Fairbanks, the University of
Colorado at Denver, California
Polytechnic State University,
Linfield College (Ore.), and the
University ofthe Pacific.
Whittier received an
overall score of 83.9 on a scale
of one to 100 (with 100 being
the top score).
The overall rankings are
based on five areas: financial
resources, student satisfaction,
academic reputation, faculty
resources, and student
selectivity.
Each school's overall rank
was determined by using a
percentile system, in which the
highest raw score for any area
was given a 100 percent value,
and all the other percentile
scores were taken as a
percentage of that top score.
The schools were then
numerically ranked in order in
each of the five areas and
weighted: financial resources
counted for 20 percent, student
satisfaction counted for five
percent, and the other three
areas 25 percent each.
The weighted' numbered
ranks for each school were then
totaled and compared with the
weighted totals for all the
others in its category.
Whittier's best rating came
in the area of academic
Please see RANK on page 4.
Sarah Gammill/ Photography Editor
Steve Gothold fields questions at Alcohol Forum
Lake To Speak On KKK
By Josh du Lac
Editor-in-Chief
Free-lance journalist Peter
Lake, who infiltrated white
supremacist circles and
videotaped a cross-burning and
a neo-Nazi paramilitary
training camp, will deliver a
video presentation and
discussion of his undercover
work tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the
Hoover-Lautrup auditorium.
Lake infiltrated the Ku Kl ux
Klan in Los Angeles in September 1983 after being offered the
opportunity by a Klan member.
"Somebody offered me a turncoat (a person who reverses his
principles)... who gave me a chance," Lake said. "He wanted to
defect. He had burned down a synagogue... (and) wanted to get
someone to infiltrate. I got the call from a mutual friend."
On Dec. 3, 1983, Lake was invited to join 14 white
supremacists, including Tom Metzger, a former Klan Grand
Dragon and current leader of the White Aryan Resistance
(WAR), for a cross-burning in Kagel Canyon (located in San
Fernando Valley),
Lake videotaped the ceremony and footage was to be used as
a recruitment documentary.
After the three 15-foot wooden crosses used in the ceremony
were ignited^ police officers in riot gear came in and arrested the
15 participants.
Lake was not charged because he told police that he was a
journalist. "
Oh the same videotape, there is a segment which shows men
taking target practice at a silhouette city in Northern Idaho.
"(That video) shows me practicing with two guys who were
Please see lake on page 4.

QUAKERCAMPUS
Volume LXXVIII. Number 4 September 26.1991
Volume LXXVIII, Number 4
September 26,1991
INSIDE THE *
QUAKER CAMPUS
NEWS
LAW SCHOOLS
The application pool and
enrollment at the Whittier
College Law School have
increased for the current
year. Page 6.
KECK LABORATORY
An inside look at plans
surrounding the new Image
Processing Lab. Page 5.
EDITORIAL
OP-EDS ON P.C.
Mike Machado and
Anthony Navarrette offer
opposing views on Political
Correctness. Page 3.
FEATURES
BULIMIA
Features editor Jonelle
Ruyle talks about bulimia
and the effect that it has
had on her life in "Another
Set of Ruyles." Page 10.
LIFE IN HELL
Matt Groening's popular
cartoon strip, "Life in Hell"
makes its QC debut with
"Hell for Beginners." Page
11.
ARTS & ENT,
METALLICA
Hard-core rock group
Metallica's new self-titled
albumisreviewed. Page 13.
SPORTS
POMONA UPSET, 1-0
The Whittier College
women's soccer team upset
the three-time defending
SCIAC champion Pomona-
Pitzer Lady Sagehens 1-0.
Page 16.
INDEX
News 1,4-7
Editorial 2-3
Features 8-11
Classifieds 9
Arts & Ent. 12-13
Sports 14-16
Whittier Ranks Seventh In Annual
US News And World Report Magazine
By Josh du Lac
Editor-in-Chief
One year after Whittier
College was dropped from US
News and World Report's
"America's Best Colleges"
rankings, the school has
returned to the list as the
seventh-best regional college or
university in the West.
The ranking marks the
fourth time in the five-year
history ofthe annual report that
Whittier has been included in
the list.
In 1987, Whittier was
ranked third in the now obsolete
category of small
comprehensive colleges, and in
1988, the College was number
four in that category.
In 1989, the annual report
changed its format and Whittier
received the same ranking
(seventh-best regional college
or university in the West) that
it got this year.
"It's nice to be back in, and
it's certainly deserved
recognition," College President
James Ash said ofthe ranking.
"It's certainly nice to be talked
about favorably by the media.
"(However), most (college)
presidents and academic
administrators... don't view the
survey as reflecting a whole lot
about academic quality," he
continued.
Sandra Sarr, Director of
Public Relations, said, "The
survey is a hotly debated item
across the nation in colleges. If
you're on, it seems to have some
level of importance, and if you're
off, it doesn't.
"It does have its benefits.
It's national publicity...(and) a
source of institutional pride for
students," Sarr added.
In making the report, US
News divides schools into five
main categories using standard
guidelines established by the
Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching.
The categories are: national
universities, national liberal arts
colleges, regional colleges and
universities, regional liberal arts
colleges, and specialized
institutions.
According to US News,
national universities "offer a
wide range of programs, give
high priority to research and
award many doctoral degrees,"
while both national and regional
liberal arts colleges "award more
than half of their degrees in the
liberal arts."
Because Whittier does not
fit within the guidelines of
national universities or liberal
arts colleges, the school was put
in the regional colleges and
universities category.
"They've changed the
categories...andranking criteria
Forum Addresses
Student Concerns
By Julie Amiton
News Editor
In response to student
reactions regarding the Alcohol
Policy, a forum was held
yesterday afternoon between
students and administrators.
Alvin Henderson,
President of the Board of
Governors (BOG), said, "This
policy goes beyond the law and
starts dictaing standards—
standards a community should
set."
Over 60 students attended
the forum, which was sponsored
by BOG in order to field any
concerns, according to Robert
Yowell, BOG Student Advocate.
Steve Gothold, Dean of
College Life; Ed Malone, Chief
of Campus Safety; Dave
Leonard, Director ofResidential
Life; and Ken Kelly, Director of
Please see FORUM on page 4.
every year," Ash said. "Part of
our problem is that we are a
liberal arts college with a law
school. I think if s great that
even though they don't have a
category for us, we keep popping
up."
Sarr added, "The criteria
changes every year...(but) the
survey is getting a little bit more
comprehensive (which) lends
more credibility than in previous
years."
US News defines regional
colleges and universities as
institutions that "generally
award more than half their
bachelor's degrees in twoor more
professions."
The broad category, which
covers 558 schools, is split up
into the North, South, Midwest,
and West regions.
According to last year's
report, there are 112 schools in
the West region.
For the third consecutive
year, Trinity (Texas) received
the top ranking in the West.
Santa Clara University was
ranked second, followed by the
University of San Diego, Loyola
Marymount, the University of
Puget Sound (Wash.), St. Mary's
College of California and
Whittier.
Following Whittier were
Pacific Lutheran University
(Wash.), the University of
Redlands, Seattle University,
the University of Alaska at
Fairbanks, the University of
Colorado at Denver, California
Polytechnic State University,
Linfield College (Ore.), and the
University ofthe Pacific.
Whittier received an
overall score of 83.9 on a scale
of one to 100 (with 100 being
the top score).
The overall rankings are
based on five areas: financial
resources, student satisfaction,
academic reputation, faculty
resources, and student
selectivity.
Each school's overall rank
was determined by using a
percentile system, in which the
highest raw score for any area
was given a 100 percent value,
and all the other percentile
scores were taken as a
percentage of that top score.
The schools were then
numerically ranked in order in
each of the five areas and
weighted: financial resources
counted for 20 percent, student
satisfaction counted for five
percent, and the other three
areas 25 percent each.
The weighted' numbered
ranks for each school were then
totaled and compared with the
weighted totals for all the
others in its category.
Whittier's best rating came
in the area of academic
Please see RANK on page 4.
Sarah Gammill/ Photography Editor
Steve Gothold fields questions at Alcohol Forum
Lake To Speak On KKK
By Josh du Lac
Editor-in-Chief
Free-lance journalist Peter
Lake, who infiltrated white
supremacist circles and
videotaped a cross-burning and
a neo-Nazi paramilitary
training camp, will deliver a
video presentation and
discussion of his undercover
work tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the
Hoover-Lautrup auditorium.
Lake infiltrated the Ku Kl ux
Klan in Los Angeles in September 1983 after being offered the
opportunity by a Klan member.
"Somebody offered me a turncoat (a person who reverses his
principles)... who gave me a chance," Lake said. "He wanted to
defect. He had burned down a synagogue... (and) wanted to get
someone to infiltrate. I got the call from a mutual friend."
On Dec. 3, 1983, Lake was invited to join 14 white
supremacists, including Tom Metzger, a former Klan Grand
Dragon and current leader of the White Aryan Resistance
(WAR), for a cross-burning in Kagel Canyon (located in San
Fernando Valley),
Lake videotaped the ceremony and footage was to be used as
a recruitment documentary.
After the three 15-foot wooden crosses used in the ceremony
were ignited^ police officers in riot gear came in and arrested the
15 participants.
Lake was not charged because he told police that he was a
journalist. "
Oh the same videotape, there is a segment which shows men
taking target practice at a silhouette city in Northern Idaho.
"(That video) shows me practicing with two guys who were
Please see lake on page 4.